Pierre Batcheff
Known For
Acting
Born
1907-06-23 in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Died
1932-04-13
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Pierre Batcheff (23 June 1907 – 13 April 1932) was a French actor, whose original name was Piotr Bacev (from Russia), born in Harbin, Manchuria. His best-known film was Un chien andalou (1929) by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali. He was married to French film editor Denise Piazza. Both Batcheff and the leading actress in Un chien andalou, Simone Mareuil, committed suicide, Mareuil by setting herself on fire in 1954, Batcheff reportedly by overdosing on Veronal. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pierre Batcheff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For
Princesse Lulu
as Raoul Brounet - le 'prince'
Napoleon
as General Louis Lazare Hoche
Monte Cristo
as Albert de Morcerf
Un Chien Andalou
as Man
The Late Mathias Pascal
as Scipion
Education of a Prince
as Sacha
Destinée
Two Timid Souls
as Fremissin
The Lovers of Midnight
as Marcel
Siren of the Tropics
as André Berval
The Chess Player
as Prince Serge Oblomoff
Island of Love
Baroud
as Si Hamed
The Rebel
Double Love
as Jacques Maresco
Sea Fever
The King of Paris
Baroud
as Si Hamed
Bonaparte et la révolution
as Hoche (archive footage)